As shown by Maciá-Vicente et al. 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-020-00036-w) Cadophora is polyphyletic. Incorporating data from Maciá-Vicente et al. 2020 and Walsh et al. 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2017.1406748) into the 15 gene dataset of Johnston 2021 (https://doi.org/10.7931/gx9a-c781), Cadophora sensu stricto probably needs its own family, sister to Drepanopezizaceae and Pyrenopezizaceae. The root-inhabiting 'Cadophora' species belong in Pyrenopezizaceae in a clade sister to the vascular staining 'C'. malorum. The mostly saprobic or endophytic wood-inhabiting Cadophora sensu stricto in black, other species in Pyrenopezizaceae (as Ploettnerularceae).